We Need An NRA For Nature
The other day, I received a note from a good friend, photojournalist Anne Pearse Hocker. In the 1970s, she snuck across a no man’s land into the Wounded Knee…
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Nature and Environment
THE RIGHT TO A WALK IN THE WOODS: Children’s Connection To The Natural…
This essay originally appeared as “A Walk in the Woods” in the March/April 2009 issue of Orion magazine. In 2011, it was adapted and expanded in Richard Louv’s…
Spread The Word: Feb 4 Is Global School Play Day
Children are designed, by nature, to spend huge amounts of time playing freely. That's how they develop social, emotional, and physical skills, and it's how…
Save Our Bees with Moby
Join Moby, the award-winning musician, DJ and activist, as he takes us on a tour of his four-acre property atop the Hollywood Hills to share his special…
Apple Watch, Meet myWatch: The More Hi-Tech We Become, The More Nature We…
When it came to technology, I was once an early adopter. Now I’m a late arrival. After landing at the San Diego airport the other day, I was pulling my travel…
After 90 Percent Decline, Federal Protection Sought for Monarch Butterfly
The Center for Biological Diversity and Center for Food Safety as co-lead petitioners joined by the Xerces Society and renowned monarch scientist Dr. Lincoln…
THE NATURAL TEACHER, BACK TO SCHOOL: 10 Ways You Can Add Vitamin “N” to…
Not long ago I met some dedicated young women who were doing their student teaching at an impressive nature-based preschool. They made it clear that…
NATURE WAS MY RITALIN: What The New York Times Isn’t Telling You About…
Is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) a painful neurological reality for many children? Undoubtedly. But could it be that at least some of the…
THE HYBRID MIND: The More High-Tech Schools Become, the More Nature They…
On Nov. 16, at the annual Learning & the Brain conference in Boston, Mass., I offered some of the following remarks in a keynote address. My topic was “The…
BRING DOWN THE BARRIERS: Five Major Reasons for the Disconnection of…
In the 21st Century, our Great Work – as Thomas Berry put it – must be the creation of a new, restorative relationship with the rest of the natural world. It’s…